NSW Heavy Vehicle Crash Study Final Technical Report

Abstract:

This study was commissioned by the New South Wales Road Safety Bureau
and the Federal Office of Road Safety to examine the causes of crashes
involving heavy vehicles in New South Wales, Australia in 1988 and 1989
and to suggest countermeasures. The study included a retrospective
examination of 83 fatal crashes involving heavy vehicles on two New South
Wales highways, an analysis of mass data on heavy vehicle crashes in the
State from 1982 to 1988, and an analysis of traffic, freight movement and
environmental factors.